Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:41:58 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Fred Condo <fcondo@csuchico.edu> Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Setting environment variables for an X session Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9902231037430.23143-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <36D1CBB4.B8C4FF50@csuchico.edu>
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Fred Condo wrote:
> One thing I do not understand is where to set environment variables such
> as NNTP_SERVER or LD_LIBRARY_PATH (for real video) or MANPATH (I can't
> get xman to see local man pages, for example). When I used only text or
> telnet modes, I set these in .profile.
>
> Here is how I have X set up:
>
> /etc/ttys says:
> ttyv3 "/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm -nodaemon" xterm on secure
For xdm, check out ~/.xsession. Bascially, you set up all the required
environment variables there before you invoke your window-manager.
eg:
#!/bin/sh
PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/bin:${HOME}/bin
export PATH
xclock -geometry 100x100+1100+0 &
wmaker
Jonathan Chen
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